CATALOG RECORD
Thor #337
first appearance of Beta Ray Bill
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Beta Ray Bill (Marvel) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- November 1983
- On sale
- July 12, 1983
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #337 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition60¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition60¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860245011 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860245011 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Doom! · 24 pages
Nick Fury asks Thor's aid in investigating an alien ship heading for earth. Thor arrives and triggers the awakening of an alien protector, Beta Ray Bill. Bill bests Thor and takes up his hammer only to be accidentally summoned to Asgard by Odin who thinks he is summoning Thor.
Characters
Reprinted in
The Mighty Thor: The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill (1989), The Very Best of Marvel Comics (1991), Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson (2000), Thor Visionaries: Walt Simonson (2001), Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (2003), Thor No. 337 [Marvel Legends reprint] (2006), Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter (2009), Artist's Edition (2010), The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection (2011), Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Thor (2011), Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus (2011), Thor Epic Collection (2013), Thor by Walter Simonson (2013), Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus (2014), Thor Corps (2016), Marvel Tales: Thor (2019), True Believers: King in Black - Beta Ray Bill (2021)